It's liberally quoted that the lung point is 100% specific for a pneumothorax, but I'm not sure thats actually the case. The two studies used to describe the specificity of a lung point were both published by the same ICU sonographer, and there have been a few case studies that report false-positive lung points.  Watch the video to learn more

It's liberally quoted that the lung point is 100% specific for a pneumothorax, but I'm not sure thats actually the case. The two studies used to describe the specificity of a lung point were both published by the same ICU sonographer, and there have been a few case studies that report false-positive lung points. Watch the video to learn more

It's liberally quoted that the lung point is 100% specific for a pneumothorax, but I'm not sure thats actually the case. The two studies used to describe the specificity of a lung point were both published by the same ICU sonographer, and there have been a few case studies that report false-positive lung points. &nbsp;Watch the video to learn more

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